Depositing-machine.



Patented Deo. 15, 1914.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.7,1Q14.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PBEM?, 1914.

1,121,434. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

UNITED sTA'rns Param? oFFIoE.

-FiRll'IDIERICK WESTERMAN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEPQSITINGMACHINE.,

To all lwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WESTER- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Depositing-Machines, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part'of this specification. l

The present invention has for its object to i 'provide'i'm'proved means for giving a more ornamental appearance to the deposits of confections that are made `upon the surface of the cakes and the invention A"consists in the features of novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompan in drawings and particularly pointed out 1n t e claims at the end of this specification.

The 'mechanism for advancing the cakes whereon the confection's will be deposited and the mechanism for operating 'the' plungers by which the .confections may be delivered from'the yreceptacles wherein they vare contained are the 'same as set forth in my .hereinbefore mentioned application Serial No. .807,851, and'I have not deemed it necessary, therefore, to 'illustrate 'indetail all -of such mechanism, as it is not essential to the 'present invention.

Figure 1 `is a view in vertifal'secti'on on line 1 1 of Fig. 4Q. Fig. 2 is a'detail 'viewjin vertical section Von`1in'e2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3r is a view in l'horizontal section on 4line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enla'r' ed view in vertical cross section through yt e center .of vig.`1. ',Fig. 5' is'an inverted or bottom view of ,the 'depositing mechanism, parts being shown in section 'and parts `being broken away. Fig. 6 is 'a view in section similar to Fig. 4 (parts being I omitted), .this view be.- ing upon a larger scale than Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a view n horizontal section o n line 7-7 Specification of Letters Patent.

of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a'view similarto Fig. 6, but showing a modified embodiment of the invention. Fig. 9 is a view in horizontal section on line 9--9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view showing a cake having. confections deposited thereon in ornamental pattern by the mechanism illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 of the drawings. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of a cake havin confections deposited thereon in ornamenta pattern by the modified mechanism illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 designates the endless carrier that will be supported upon a vertically movable table 11, this carrier serving to intermittently advance the rows of cakes upon the tops of which the deposits of marshmallow and chocolatev or other like confections will be made. This carrier belt andKta'ble may be actuatedfby the same mechanism as is illustrated-in my before mentioned alplication Serial No. 807,851,

and VAsuch mec anism, therefore, need not be more particularly illustrated or described, as it forms no part of the resent invention.

Suitably .supported a ove the endless carrier 10 by the main frame of the machine are the receptacles 1:5 and 16 that will contain, respectively, the marshmallow and chocolate or like -con'fections that are tobe 4deposited upon the cake. Beneath the receptacles 15 and'16 is placed the castin 17 having cylindrical openings extending rom end to 'end thereof and kwithin such cylindrical openings are mounted the Atwo ,cylin- 'drical plunger carriers 18 and 19. These plunger carriers 18 and 19 are provided, respectl'vely, with plungers 20 and 21 by which, as the plunger carriers ,are rotated, the confections will-.be discharged through channels 22 and 28 leading through lthe lower part of the casting 17. The construction and function of the plunger carriers and the vmechanism for operating them. and the plungers vmaybe the same as Ain my before mentioned application Serial No. 807,851. From end to end of the lower part of the central portion of the castin 17 are formed dovetailed channels with in w ich are mounted, inmanner Yfree lto reciprocate, the slide valves25 and 26, these slide valves serving `to control the passa e of confections through `the channelsf22 amig23, respectively, each of these valves 25 and o6 being formed with a'series of channels 27 (see Fig. 6).

-eneath ,the central, portion zQfh@ Casting Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application led February 7, 1914. Serial No. 817,313.

y nipples 40. The casting 17 extends a chambered casting or casing 30, the longitudinal .edges of which are preferably beveled to forma dovetalled engagement with the flange 17a of the castmg '17 and with a corresponding beveled bar 31 formed at the inner side of an adjustable plate or casting 32. rllhe ymeans shown for retaining the chambered casting '1n position beneath the casting 17 is the same as that set forth in myl above mentioned application Serial No. 807,851. Over the top of the chambered casting 30 extends a cover plate 35 that is held by screws within the recessed upper portion of the casting. In this cover plate 35 are formed a series of holes within which are fixed the upper ends of the de'- livery pipes 36 arranged in a row from side to side of the machine. These delivery pipes 36 extend downward and terminate adjacent the discharge openings in the bottom of the chambered casting or casing 30. In the bottom plate 30 are formed a series of circular openings adapted to receive the cupshaped 'discharge nozzles or nipples 40. Theupper portion of each of the nipples 40 is formed with a flange 41 that engages with the bottom `plate 30a when the cupshaped nipples are set in position within the openings of the bottom plate, as shown. By

reference more particularly to Figs. 5 and 7 4 of the drawings, it will be seen that the lower part of each of the nipples 40 is formed with a plurality of V-shaped slots 42'radiating from the central open part of the nipples. Uponthe annular iiange or shoulder immediately above the slotted portion of each of the nipples rests the annular fiange 45 that projects from the lower end of each of the delivery pipes 36, this annular fiange 45 being formed with a seriesv of4 radial slots 46 that are arranged overv and adjacent to the slots 42 of the discharge or casing 30 is formed with a 'chamber 4 that is connected by a series of channels 48 with the channel 23, and through this chamber 47 will pass j the chocolate or like confection coming from the receptacle 16 at the same time that the marshmallow or like confection coming from-the receptacle 15 passes through the several delivery pipes 36.

Around each of the delivery pipes 36 is fitted, in manner free to reciprocate thereon, a tubular valve 50, the lower end of which is formed with a series of depending parts or projections 51 adapted to pass into and obstruct L (when the valve is in closed position) the corresponding radial slots or openings 46 formedin the flange 45. At opposite sides each of the tubular valves 50 is provided with projecting studs or trunnions 54 that are engaged by the rocking arms 55 that are fixed to a valve operating shaft 56, one end of this shaft projecting through the end of the chambered casting 30. .To

lof the columns of a cani wheel 64 that is adjustably mounted upon the shaft 65. The rod l61 and the mechanism by which it is actuated being the same asl shown in my hereinbefore mentioned application Serial No. 807,851, it need not be more particularly described. The vertically reciprocating movement of the rod` 61-will cause the valve actuating shaft 56 and rock arms 55 to raise and lower the tubular valves 50 and, 'when these valvesl are lowered, the projections 51 at their lower ends will enter the radial slots or openings 46 of the flange 45 at the lower end of each of the delivery pipes 36. By thismeans the flow of chocolate or other confections from the chamber 47 through the slotteddischarge nipples 40 will be controlled.

The mechanism for actuating the slide valves 25 and 2 6 is the same as that illustrated in my hereinbefore mentioned application Serial No. 807,851. As shown, there is attached to one end of the slide valve 25 a crank'7 0 secured to the upper end of a rod 7l and to the lower end of this rod 71 is secured a crank 72 through 'which passes a bolt carrying a roller 73 4that -sets within a cam groove 74 of a camwheel 75 mounted on the shaft 76. d Similarly, one end of the valve 26 is connected ytoa crank 77 `at the upper end of the rod 78, the lower end of this rod being provided with a crank 79 through which passes a bolt provided with a roller S0 that travels in a cam groove 81 of a cam wheel 82 on' the shaft 65. Hence, it will be seen that as the shafts 65 and 76 are rotated, as by the mechanism-set forth in my above mentioned application Serial No. 807,851, a reciprocating movement will be imparted to the valves 25 and 26.

From the foregoing description it will be At the same time the chocolate or like confection forced by .the plunger 21 into the'- chamber 47 will of thedeliverv pass around the lower ends pipes 36and through the.

radial slots or openings 46 into the discharge nipples and onto the starlike points or edges coating or coloring such points or edges, as indicated in Fig. 10 of the drawings. By

of marshmallow, thereby.

this means an `ornamental and very attractive appearance is given to the deposits of confection upon the surfaces of the cakes. When the slide valves Q5 and 26 are actuated to cut off the passage of confections from the receptacles 15 and 16, the tubular valves 50 will also be actuated, causing the points or projections 51 at the lower ends thereof to enter the radial slots or openings 46 and cut off the flow of confection from the chamber 47.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 upon Sheet 3 of the drawings, the construction of the parts is the same as that hereinbefore described, with the exception of the shape and arrangement of the lower portion of the deliveryv pipes 36 and of the discharge nipples 40f. In this of the delivery pipes 36u set snugly within openings formed in the nipples 40, and the marshmallow or like confection passing through the delivery pipes 36a will issue therefrom in circular streams or columns. Adjacent the lower end of each of the delivery -pipes 36a is formed a series of holes 36b that communicate with the annular space formed between the lower portion of each of the delivery pipes and the corresponding nipple 40, These openings 36b crrespond in function to the radial slots or openings 46 in the construction hereinbefore described, 1n that they serve to cause the chocolate or like confection to pass in divided streams onto the surface of the marshmallow or like confection passing through the delivery pipes 36a, and, obviously, whether these openings be formed in a plate or flange arranged horizontally, as the fiange 45, at the bottom of each of the delivery pipes 36 hereinbefore described, or in a plate arranged vertically and in line with the delivery pipes 36a, as shown in Fig. 8, the result of dividing the coating material into streams will be the same. i

In this form of the invention each of the tubular valves 50L that surrounds a corresponding delivery pipe 36a is arranged, when in closed position, to cover the annular series of holes 36", but the mechanism for operating the tubular valves 50a is the 'same as that hereinbefore described.- By reference to Sheet 3 of the drawings it will be seen that as the marshmallow passes through the .de-V livery pipes 362, choco-late or like confection will pass through the holes 36b onto the outer face of the marshmallow so long as the tubular valves 50a remain in open position. When, however, the slide valves 25 and 26 are operated to cut ofi' the flow of marshmallow and chocolate, the tubular valves 5()a will be brought to closed position and the flow of chocolate or like confection throughv the holes 36b will be cut off at such point.

In practice it is found that with this apparatus each of the cakes will be coated on its surface with a deposit of confections, as

form of the invention the lower ends shown in Fig. 1l; that is to say, that por tion of each column of marshmallow that passes opposite the openings 36b will be coated with chocolate or the like and, as the column of marshmallow is forced against `'It the surface of the cake, the column will spread' out to the edge of the cake, while, when the supply of confections is cut off, the column of marshmallow will break away at the end of the discharge nipple and will draw inward toward the lcenter of the cake, leaving the coated upper surface of the cake with alternate coated'and uncoated portionsy as illustrated in Fig. 10.

By means of the radial slots or openings 46 in the plates 45 at the lower ends of the delivery pipes 36, as in the main form of the invention above described, and as well also by means of the holes or openings 36b adjacent the lower ends of the delivery pipes 36a, shown inthe modified form ofthe invention, (Figs. 8 and 9), a thin or light coating of chocolate or coloring material can be uniformly applied in manner above described; and, the valves whereby the radial slots 46 and the openings 36b are closed serve also to effectively prevent the clogging of the slots or openings as by the lodgment thereinvof any fibrous material.

I wish it understood that the details of construction above set out may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention, and that features of the invention may be employed without its adoption as an entirety. l v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1,. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a lurality of recep- 105 tacles for containing di erent materials to be deposited and'with means for delivering said materials from' said receptacles, of a delivery pipe for' the passage therethrough of material from one of said receptacles, a 110 chamber connected with the other of said receptaclesfor receiving material therefrom and into which chamber said delivery pipe projects, a nipple on said chamber extending around and spaced from said delivery 115 pipe, a plate or part provided with a series ofholes and arranged opposite the space around the delivery pipe, and valve mechanism within said space for controlling the flow of material through said holes.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a plurality of receptacles for containing different materials to be deposited and with means for delivering said materials from said receptacles, of a 125 series of delivery pipes for the passagetherev through of material from one of said recepc tacles, means for permitting the flow of ma. terial from the other of said receptacles around said delivery pipes, a series of mpi' 30 ples arranged about the ends of said de livery pipes yand spaced therefrom, a plate arranged opposite the space around the delivery ppe and formed with `a circular series of holes for the passage of material from the space outside the delivery pipes onto the surface of the material passin through said pipes, and valve mechanism or controlling the flow of material through said holes.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a lurality of receptacles for containing di erent materials to be deposited and with vmeans for delivering said materials from said receptacles, of a series of delivery pipes for the passage therethrough of material from one of said receptacles, means for permitting the fiow of material from the other of said receptacles around said delivery pipes, a series of nipples surrounding the lower ends of said deliveryl pipes and spaced therefrom, said nipples being provided With radial slots, a perforated plate vWithin the space between said nipples and the lower ends of said delivery pipes, and valve mechanism for perforated plates. l

FREDERICK WESTERMAN. Witnesses:

GEO. P. FISHER, J. G. ANoEaeoN.

closing said 

